Air Forces Central announced Sunday that a USAF MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle had crashed in southern Afghanistan about 11:35 a.m. local time. The release from Bagram AB, Afghanistan offered no further information on the incident. It said the Air Force would launch an investigation.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.